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" I've gone through long periods without being with someone and got a bit lonely, but not for a while. "

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" 'The Taming Of The Shrew' is probably the first time I've worked in this country for about ten years, apart from theatre, and it's not for want of trying. It was so fantastic to work in London - it felt really glamorous. "

" For a long time, I didn't give anything my all. I was so afraid that I'd be crap, so I held myself back. "

" For a long time, I've had to hustle. If a film role is obviously great, then it's been difficult for me to get a look-in. "

" When I left drama school, my fear was that I'd get pigeon holed into comic acting and I did so much to counter it that I got stuck in the opposite. "

" I was very frustrated, in a physical sense, by people seeing me in a way that I wasn't. And I was beginning to find myself boxed into a corner. Hopefully things have loosed up a bit, and I've gotten better and become more relaxed as an actor. "

" Well, thing is, after they cancelled 'Zen', I didn't work for eight months. And in that case, it was not my choice. After I've done something that I'm really proud of and I think changes the way I'm perceived, the immediate reaction is: nothing. "

" I think if a character appeals to you, there are certain parts of yourself will come to the fore and other parts that will play down. "

" Lazy journalists, they'll read stuff and get a quote then ask the same question again hoping I'll say a similar thing; it's very tiresome. "

" My feelings about my mortality are less selfish than they used to be. I used to affect a cavalier attitude to death; now I see it from my son's perspective. "

" People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door. "

" I'm only based in L.A. because I couldn't get any work in England. "

" I've always believed very, very strongly that the way you treat people is more important than anything, professionally or otherwise. "

" My career has suddenly started to be the one that I'd always wanted, not in terms of level of success, but in terms of - and this is what I've been banging on about - playing different parts in different media. "

" At times, I think of my career as a map. The closer you get to the map, the more you know where you are, but the closer I get to my career, the less happy I feel. At the same time, I have carved out the career for myself which I wanted. "

" I no longer have a style to maintain. I rent a little flat in Los Angeles, I don't take holidays, I don't dine out and I take cheap flights. "

" A large part of my adolescence was spent doing my very best to draw attention to myself. "

" It's nice when women fancy me, but I think I will only disappoint them so I prefer it if they don't know who I am. "

" People talk about me in 'Arcadia' and I think I was okay in it but I've given better performances in other productions that didn't have the same impact. But I knew 'Arcadia' was going to be an event and I wanted to be part of it. "

" I think the only thing I've got going for me as an actor specifically is the fact that I can change. "

" Given the choice between someone saying I was handsome in a role or ugly but good, I know which I'd choose. "

" I don't know why the universe is so determined to keep my feet on the ground. "

" For me, if I were to be at home in any kind of style, it is more comedy than anything else. "

" Yes, years of compromise and disappointment have added depth to my acting. "

" I don't think the roles that I'm necessarily known for in this country are my best work, or even anywhere near it. I didn't think I was great in 'Arcadia.' I think it's a great part and a great play and had a lot of attention. "

" As a person I'm perfectly vain, I'm just vainer as an actor about my ability. My acting vanity trumps my human vanity. "

" Hollywood is my domestic idyll. "

" I'd like an omelet named after me. "

" I was a very undisciplined person but acting was something that actually motivated me to get up in the morning. I hadn't experienced that before, but it was something that really excited me. I think I could be quite self-conscious and it gave me a release. "

" If my British film career was a girl, then I'd been hanging around outside her apartment a little bit too long. "